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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
Where Do We Find Ourselves?
In Thursday’s Gospel reading (Luke 15:1-10) we read:
Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.I tell you . . . there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.
So with whom do I identify? Do I need my life to be turned around? Or am I among the self-satisfied? Am among the lost or the found? How do I know the difference?
What Do We Long to See?
Wednesday’s Responsorial Psalm (from Psalm 27) speaks of the deepest longings of our hearts:
One thing I ask of God;
this I seek:
to dwell in the house of God
all the days of my life,
that I may gaze on
the loveliness of God
and contemplate
God’s dwelling place.
Tomorrow is Election Day
Yes, Tuesday, November 6th, is Election Day. No matter who is elected, we remember the words from Tuesday’s Responsorial Psalm (Psalm 22):
All the ends of the earth
shall remember and turn to the Most High;
All the families of the nations
shall bow down before God.
Let us remember this whether we are happy or disappointed with the results of the election!
Where Can We Find Peace?
Monday’s Responsorial Psalm (Psalm 131:1,2,3) leads us to peace.
In you, O God, I have found my peace.
O God, my heart is not proud,
nor are my eyes haughty;
I do not busy myself with great things,
nor with things too sublime for me.In you, O God, I have found my peace.
Rather, I have stilled and quieted
my soul like a weaned child.
Like a weaned child on its mother’s lap,
so is my soul within me.In you, O God, I have found my peace.
O Israel, hope in God
both now and forever.In you, O God, I have found my peace.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Geometry
Albert Einstein is quoted as saying,
The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.
What Is God’s Desire . . . My Desire?
Saturday’s Responsorial Psalm from Psalm 42 reminds us of our longing for God. And since we are made in the image and likeness of God, it also tells us of God’s longing for us.
My soul is thirsting for the living God.
As the deer longs for the running waters,
so my soul long for you, O God.My soul is thirsting for the living God.
All Souls Day – A Feast of Hope
I love the second reading for this wonderful feast from Romans 5:5-11:
Sisters and brothers, Hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.
May our hope be enkindled by all the souls – saints and sinners (which all of us are at some time or another) – to pass this hope on to others.
We Are All Saints – Children of God
On the Feast of All Saints we are reminded that we are all children of God.
Beloved: See what love God has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God. Yet so we are . . . We are God’s children now, what we shall be has not yet been revealed. We do know that when it is revealed, we shall be like Christ, for we shall see him as he is. (1 John 3:1-3).
Kindness . . . Foundational to All Spiritual Traditions
The Buddha sad,
If you propose to speak, always ask yourself, is it true, is it necessary, is it kind.
So very similar to Paul’s words in his letter to the Ephesians:
Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. (Ephesians 4:15)
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